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• miller's-thumb
  miller's-thumb

  noun

  any of several small, freshwater sculpins of the genus Cottus, of Europe and North America.
• miller's thumb
  miller's thumb

  noun

  any of several small freshwater European fishes of the genus Cottus, esp C. gobio, having a flattened body: family Cottidae (bullheads, etc)

miller's-thumb

American  

[mil-erz-thuhm] / ˈmɪl ərzˈθʌm /

noun

1. any of several small, freshwater sculpins of the genus Cottus, of Europe and North America.

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miller's thumb British  

noun

1. any of several small freshwater European fishes of the genus Cottus, esp C. gobio, having a flattened body: family Cottidae (bullheads, etc)

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Etymology

Origin of miller's-thumb

1400–50; late Middle English milneres thume; the fish is so called from its thumblike head